Tango Video Search

Problem: YouTube search for tango performances is inefficient. Results are buried due to YouTube's algorithmic sorting and inconsistent metadata.

Solution: Tango Video Search provides a streamlined interface to filter by dancers, orchestra, song, singer, event, year, or YouTube channel with minimal friction.

How it works: It’s powered by an LLM-curated index built from YouTube metadata. That means faster, more accurate retrieval of the performances you're looking for.

Features

• Filter videos by dancer combinations and orchestras
• Refine results by song, singer, event, year, or YouTube channel
• Responsive video grid layout
• Quick filtering through video cards
• Video metadata display

Tech Stack

• Framework: React Router v8 (started as a Remix project)
• UI: Tailwind CSS + Radix Icons
• Database: Cloudflare D1 with Drizzle ORM
• Runtime: Cloudflare Workers
• Tooling: Vite+ through the vp CLI

Development

Requires Node.js 24.11 or newer and the Vite+ vp CLI. Database update commands also require the sqlite3 CLI.

Install dependencies:

vp install --frozen-lockfile

Load the latest local SQLite snapshot into local D1:

vp run db:update --local --reset

Run the React Router development server:

vp run dev

Run the built Worker locally through Wrangler:

vp run preview

Database

Note

The database is not included in the repository.

The application reads from a D1 binding named DB. Local data updates are generated from the newest data/sqlite-YYYY-MM-DD.db snapshot. The schema includes:

• Videos (YouTube metadata)
• Performances (tango-specific metadata)
• Dancers, Orchestras, Songs, Singers, and Curations

Useful commands:

vp run db:update --sql-only
vp run db:update --local --reset
vp run db:update --remote

Deployment

Cloudflare deployment is handled by Cloudflare Workers Builds after the GitHub repository is connected in Cloudflare:

• Pushes to main deploy production.
• Non-production branch builds upload Cloudflare preview versions.
• GitHub Actions runs repository checks on PRs and pushes to main.
• Node.js 24 is pinned with .node-version for Cloudflare Builds.

vp run check
vp run deploy